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skylla TG24/50 settings for lifepo4

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I plan to change our FLA bank whith is 450a to two Lifepo4 drop in 230a in parallel. Are there other settings to consider for the charger than adjusting the bulk and float voltage and putting equal time to 0 as the manual has no information for Lifepo4 batteries? As the new batteries are drop in's, I would not have acces to the bms other than via bluetooth.TIA

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matt1309 avatar image matt1309 commented ·

Not sure on the Skylla but I know mppts have some preset profile options for LiFePo4. Personally I find those a little high but a good guide.

May want to also tweak absorption time ranges depending on balancing time of BMS. And temperature compensation if you've got that enabled.

Some batteries come with guidance on this in their datasheets for this as well as the normal float/absorption voltages.

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docker38 avatar image docker38 matt1309 commented ·
Thx Matt, my mppt is not from Victron, I have to check that otherwise. Maybe with the detail-information from the battery-provider, I can figure out the correct settings of my Skylla charger.


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matt1309 avatar image matt1309 docker38 commented ·
If it's a 16 cell battery pack then I use these settings if that's helpful (very conservative in comparison to what the cells are capable of but I prefer keeping them conservative).


Absorption 55.2v (which is 3.45v per cell)

Float 54v

My absorption time is 1 hour.

I believe victron's default LiFePO4 settings are higher for both, I cant quite remember but think they use 3.6 per cell.

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It will be two 8 cell batteries for a 24V system, but your input of absorbtion value per cell and time is very helpfull. thx.

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matt1309 avatar image matt1309 commented ·
No worries. Mine are conservative settings, my BMS starts balancing at 3.45 so if you cant adjust BMS I would set absorption at whatever voltage the balancing starts at.


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